B minor. A cool key that was featured in my original Fiddle Jam book. Here in the A-Toodz book, I run through some sample riff and tricks from the 3 levels and one “Groove Tood.” Read along from your book or just follow along by ear (recommended even if you
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Beginner violin 0-1-low2 finger exercises
Here is the first beginner’s finger exercise from my dream involving rock singer icon Steven Tyler from the band Aerosmith. 0-1-low2 on every string with various bowing patterns thrown in. Note: this it NOT music! It is just a physical muscle training exercise. If you are more of an adult
Truck Talk – Is Jazz Hard?
Here’s an interesting thought that came my way while talking to some fellow musicians: Is Jazz Hard? I thought it might give students some insight about the difficulty or non-difficulty of playing different styles of music, and help you get past feeling reluctant to try a style out of ignorance,
Fiddle Jam Club Newsletter November 2019
Fiddle Jam Club Newsletter Welcome newest club members: TOO MANY TO ADD HERE SINCE LAST NEWSLETTER!! Joyful Jams to all!!! <<::>> Newsletter Topics Below: 1) A-Toodz Play-through videos 2) 50 Years of VIolin 3) Single Song Lessons 4) Holiday Songs and Sale! 1) A-TOODZ PLAY THROUGH
50 Years Playing Violin Top Things Learned
It is hard for me to believe that this fall (2019) I have been playing the violin for 50 years! I guess that qualifies me as an official “old guy.” Some chronological markers are worthy of a bit of retrospect I think. In this video I talked about the 3
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Box Blues Complete Study Lesson
You could learn this cool blues violin tune too! It was first released as part of my Blues Violin Course where it was one of my favorites, but I thought it might be fun to re-release it just as a single song lesson for sale in the School Store and